Venous plexus (original) (raw)

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Congregation of multiple veins

Blood vessel network

Venous plexus
The veins of the right half of the male pelvis.
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Identifiers
Latin rete venosum plexus venosus
TA98 A12.0.00.011 A12.0.00.015
TA2 3926
FMA 4767
Anatomical terminology[edit on Wikidata]

In vertebrates, a venous plexus is a normal congregation anywhere in the body of multiple veins.[1]

A list of venous plexuses:

  1. ^ Drake, Richard; Vogl, A. Wayne; Mitchell, Adam W. M. (2008). Dorland's/Gray's Pocket Atlas of Anatomy E-Book. Elsevier Health Sciences. p. 26. ISBN 9781455703814.